Our first stop in Quito was at this famous hilltop: El Panecillo is a 200-metre-high hill of volcanic-origin. Its peak is at an elevation of 3,016 meters above sea level and can be seen from almost everywhere in Colonial Quito. See the Basicala in the background? I took a photo from tower of that basilica (shown above). Since we only had one day in Quito, seeing it from these viewpoints was magnificent!
Teaching the Andes 